Cranial chordoma in the first decade

Y R Yadav; V K Kak; V K Khosla; N Khandelwal; B D Radotra

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(92)90096-l

Cranial chordoma in the first decade

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1992;94(3):241-6. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(92)90096-l.

Authors

Y R Yadav¹, V K Kak, V K Khosla, N Khandelwal, B D Radotra

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

PMID: 1327615
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(92)90096-l

Abstract

Cranial chordomas are extremely rare in childhood with only 25 cases having been reported in the first decade of life. A 6-year-old female child with cranial chordoma is reported. Literature on the subject is reviewed, with special reference to the management, histopathological features and prognosis in childhood chordomas as compared to the adult variety.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Child
Chordoma / diagnostic imaging
Chordoma / pathology
Chordoma / surgery*
Craniotomy
Female
Humans
Neurologic Examination
Prognosis
Sella Turcica / diagnostic imaging
Sella Turcica / pathology
Sella Turcica / surgery*
Skull Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Skull Neoplasms / pathology
Skull Neoplasms / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed